Improvement in baggage-checks



UNITED STATES VIl ATENT OEEICE.

ENOCH HALE PAINE, OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.

IM PROVEM ENT IN BAGGAGE-CHECKS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 84,372, dated November24, 1868.

To all 'whom it may concer/n:

Be it known that I, ENOOH HALE PAINE, of the city of Louisville, in thecounty of Jefferson and State of Kentucky, have originated a new Devicefor Railroad Baggage-Checks, to be attached lo the fare-tickets, and ofcorresponding number with the ticket, of which the following is a full,clear, andv exactdescription, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, making part of this specification.

The advantages of my invention are as follows:

First, that the check being attached to all tickets, baggage can -alwaysbe checked between all points where tickets are sold, and the badpractice of marking baggage for way-stations and giving the passenger noreceipt for his baggage will be avoided.

Second, there can be no possibility of a mistake made by reason ot'mismatched checks, or bythe baggage-master misunderstanding thepassenger as to the point to which he Wants his baggage checked.

Third, it will accomplish what has beenv so long desired bytransportation companies in the United States-namely, protection againstcarrying extra baggage Without recompenseand at the same time afford themeans of obliging the passengerin all cases to buy his ticket at theoffice before he can have his baggage checked, for without the ticketthe baggagemaster can have no check to attach to the baggage. In case ofa passenger having more than one piece of baggage, the baggage-masterwill attach to each extra piece a slip which shall show the number ofthe ticket on which the piece is being carried, the name of the road andbaggage-master, the amount collected for extra baggage, the date itleaves the startingpoin't, and the precise route it shall follow todestination. Furthermore, and in order to prevent fraud and protect thetransportation companies, all duplicate slips and checks shall bestamped by the baggage master when he checks the baggage, this beingrequired in order to show that the passenger actually delivered hisbaggage to the company after purchasing his ticket.

Fourth, the cost of these checks will be almost nominal, as the printer,in furnishing the tickets, would make but a very small additional chargefor the baggagecoupons attached, while all the expense and trouble ofreturning checks over long distances, as it is necessary to do with thechecks now used, will be avoided, while at the same time no station canever be out of checks to any point they can sell a ticket to.

Fifth, this duplicate baggage-check is more easily taken care of by thepassenger than the bulky brass check, and will also save much labor onthe part of many checkmen, train baggage-masters, and others of similaroccupation, whose business compels them to carry on trains and elsewherea great variety of checks.

Sixth, in case a passenger should lose his duplicate check, his ticketwill at all times show the number ofthe original check attached to hisbaggage, with the place it started from, its route and destination, andwill prove beyond question his rightof ownership, and will often savemuch trouble and delay, both to travelers and to the transportationcompanies.

WhatI claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The baggage-check attached to the ticket, and corresponding in numberwith the number of the ticket, as herein set forth.

ENOGH HALE PAINE.

Witnesses JNO. F. BLEYH, WM. F. MoCoRMIcx.

